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Tafheem-ul-Quran - Abul Ala Maududi translation for Surah Al-Ahzab — Ayah 35

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33:35

إِنَّ ٱلۡمُسۡلِمِينَ وَٱلۡمُسۡلِمَٰتِ وَٱلۡمُؤۡمِنِينَ وَٱلۡمُؤۡمِنَٰتِ وَٱلۡقَٰنِتِينَ وَٱلۡقَٰنِتَٰتِ وَٱلصَّٰدِقِينَ وَٱلصَّٰدِقَٰتِ وَٱلصَّٰبِرِينَ وَٱلصَّٰبِرَٰتِ وَٱلۡخَٰشِعِينَ وَٱلۡخَٰشِعَٰتِ وَٱلۡمُتَصَدِّقِينَ وَٱلۡمُتَصَدِّقَٰتِ وَٱلصَّٰٓئِمِينَ وَٱلصَّٰٓئِمَٰتِ وَٱلۡحَٰفِظِينَ فُرُوجَهُمۡ وَٱلۡحَٰفِظَٰتِ وَٱلذَّٰكِرِينَ ٱللَّهَ كَثِيرٗا وَٱلذَّٰكِرَٰتِ أَعَدَّ ٱللَّهُ لَهُم مَّغۡفِرَةٗ وَأَجۡرًا عَظِيمٗا ٣٥

Surely¹ the men who submit (to Allah) and the women who submit (to Allah),² the men who have faith and the women who have faith,³ the men who are obedient and the women who are obedient,⁴ the men who are truthful and the women who are truthful;⁵ the men who are steadfast and the women who are steadfast,⁶ the men who humble themselves (to Allah) and the women who humble themselves (to Allah),⁷ the men who give alms and the women who give alms,⁸ the men who fast and the women who fast,⁹ the men who guard their chastity and the women who guard their chastity,¹⁰ the men who remember Allah much and the women who remember Allah much:¹¹ for them has Allah prepared forgiveness and a mighty reward.¹²

Footnotes

[1] Presentation of this theme immediately after the foregoing paragraph contains a subtle allusion to the fact that the instructions given above to the Prophet’s (peace be upon him) wives are not exclusively meant for them but the Muslim society as a whole should reform itself in accordance with them.
[2] Who have surrendered themselves to Allah: Who have accepted Islam as a code of life for themselves, and have decided to follow it in their lives, and who have no wish to resist the Islamic way of life and thought, but have adopted the way of obedience and submission to it.
[3] “He who reconciled himself to Allah as his Lord and to Islam as his way of Life and to Muhammad as his Messenger, has the true taste of faith.” (Sahih Muslim).
[4] In another Hadith, he has explained it thus:
[5] “None of you becomes a believer until the desires of his self become subordinate to what I have brought.” (Sharh-as- Sunnah).
[6] That is, hey are truthful in their speech and honest in thou dealings. They do not deal in lies, deceptions, frauds and forgeries. They utter with their tongues only what their conscience approves as true. They practice and perform only what they honestly find to be in accordance with righteousness and truth, and they are honest in all their dealings with others.
[7] That is, they patiently and steadfastly bear and face all the obstacles, dangers, difficulties and losses that they might have to encounter in following the right way taught by Allah and His Messenger (peace be upon him) and in establishing Allah’s religion in the world; no fear and no temptation and no desire of the self can succeed in diverting them from the right way.
[8] That is, they are free from pride, vanity and haughtiness: they have full understanding of the reality that they arc servants and they have no other position than that of servitude. Therefore, their hearts as well as their bodies remain bowed before Allah, dominated by fear of Him. They never display the attitude which is the hallmark of the lives of those who are fearless of God and arc involved in arrogance. From the sequence it appears that the mention of Khushu (expression of humility) in particular along with the general attitude of the fear of God implies the Prayer, for the mention of the practice of charity and fast has been made just after it.
[9] This does not only imply payment of the obligatory Zakat, but it also includes general charity. It means to say that they spend their wealth freely in the way of Allah and they are not at all niggardly in the matter of helping the servants of Allah as much as they can. No orphan and no sick or afflicted person, no weak or disabled person, no poor and needy one remains deprived of their support in their dwelling; and if there arises the need for monetary help for promoting the cause of Allah’s religion, they are never miserly in spending their wealth for that purpose.
[10] This includes both the obligatory and the voluntary fasts.
[11] Qira’at: Ibn ʻAmer, Shuʻba, Hamza and Khalaf read it as: “. . . He will defile . . .” Al-Kesa’i read it as: “. . . We will defile . . .”
[12] Qira’at: Ibn Kathir and Abu ʻAmr read it as: “. . . what He sends down . . .”
[13] A grammatical shift from 3^rdperson to 2^ndperson.
[14] The Arabic word used is Muslimeenwhich means those who willingly submit to God, regardless of which prophet they followed.
[15] God excuses anyone who is compelled to renounce his/her faith.
[16] A grammatical shift from 3^rdperson to 1^stperson.
[17] Al-masjid Al-Harāmin Makkah.
[18] Al-masjid Al-Aqsain Jerusalem.
[19] Qira’at: Abu ʻAmr read it as: “. . . for the Children of Israel, that they may take none for trustee other than Me.
[20] A grammatical shift from 3^rdperson to 1^stperson.
[21] The Arabic word used is Qur’an which literally means ‘recital’ or ‘recitation’.
[22] A grammatical shift from 1^stperson to 3^rdperson.
[23] Who are believing: Whose obedience is not merely outward, nor unwilling but who sincerely regard the guidance given by Islam as based on the truth. Whose faith is that the way shown by the Quran and the Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) is the only right and straight way. And in following which alone lies their true success. That which has been declared as wrong by Allah and His Prophet (peace be upon him) is certainly wrong. And that which has been declared as right by Allah and His Prophet (peace be upon him) is certainly right. Also, psychologically and intellectually, they do not regard as improper any injunction that has been enjoined by the Quran and Sunnah, and do not remain on the lookout to change it somehow to suit their own desires or mold it according to the current trends of the world, avoiding at the same time the blame that they have effected a change in the command given by Allah and His Prophet (peace be upon him). The Holy Prophet (peace be upon him) has described the true state of faith in a Hadith in these words:
[24] That is, they do not rest content with mere belief but are obedient practically also. They are not the sort of the people who would honestly believe that what Allah and His Messenger (peace be upon him) have commanded was true but would violate it in practice: that they would sincerely regard what Allah and His Messenger have forbidden as bad but would go on following the same in practical life.

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